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ODROID-XU4
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Fast ethernet
Much faster than 10/100 as it contains a gigabit ethernet port.
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SD card corrupts
SD card corrupts easily with the XU4, use emmc for more stability but even then it is not that reliable. Also need to reimage the memory every so often.
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Great performance
The performance runs laps around competitors in terms of raw power with its impressive specs and octa-core processing.
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No Audio CODEC
To get Audio out of the XU4 you need to use an HDMI device that has built-in speakers. A USB pdif will work, too.
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Includes cooling system
Includes fan and heatsink combo standard. Fan spins when CPU is load is high. Other single-board computers require a seperate purchase where fan runs constantly, has improper power supply, or requires complex setup for proper funtion.
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Expensive
It’s expensive for a SBC, for ~$20 more you can get a faster x86 PC barebone.
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USB 3.0 ports
The ODROID-XU4 has two USB 3.0 ports. Making it one of the few single board computers to have them.
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No SATA port
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Great OS support
ODROID supports and can run a full desktop version of Ubuntu. Other than that it can run Android, of which there are some excellent ports for ODROID-XU4.
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Requires a separate power supply (no power via USB OTG)
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Supports eMMC 5.0 storage
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Does not natively support most accessories and sensors on the market
The ODROID GPIO pins operate at 1.8V which means that it cannot support most accessories and sensors on the market which operate at 3.3V or 5V. But this can be fixed for the XU4 with the XU4 Shifter Shield which adapts them for voltages used in the market. It comes at an extra cost of $18 though.
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Includes a power button
Some single-board computers have no power button, requiring the power supply to be unplugged or customization to add a button.
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SD card corrupts
SD card corrupts easily with the XU4, you can use emmc for more stability but even then it is not that reliable. You will also need to reimage the memory every so often.
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Fast processor and good memory capacity
It is very good for emulation.
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Unstable USB support
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Fast processor and good memory capacity
Very good for emulation
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Practically very usable general purpose computer experience
Practically very usable general purpose computer experience with much lower power consumption when eMMC 5.0 storage is used for booting.
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Includes power adapter
Many single-board computers require you to purchase a power adapter separately.
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Size:
83 x 58 x 22 mm approx.(including cooling fan)
RAM:
2Gbyte LPDDR3 RAM PoP stacked
CPU:
Samsung Exynos 5 Octa 5422 (4x up to 2.1 GHz + 4x up to 1.4 GHz)
Storage:
Supports eMMC5.0 HS400 and/orMicro SD
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ODROID-C2
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Good support for Ubuntu
The C2 has pretty decent support for Ubuntu and it can be used with it for basic day-to-day operations such as browsing the web and editing documents with LibreOffice among others.
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No built in WiFi
There is no built-in WiFi, and kernel headers for 3.14 are almost impossible to find, making driver compiling very difficult.
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Superior performance compared with other boards
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Old kernel available
Only the 3.14 branche is available
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Built-in heatsink
The ODROID C2 has a built-in heatsink which covers the CPU and two of the RAM chips.
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Early revisions use a 2.5mm power socket instead of a USB port
Early revisions of the C2 use a 2.5mm power socket instead of the micro USB port available on the board or any of the other USB ports. While not a drawback in terms of strength of the board, it's a bit annoying having to order a new power supply to work with the C2. Later revisions of the board can use the USB port for charging. However, ODROID recommends using the power socket if there are several devices attached to the board because they can increase the draw up to 2A and a lot of cheaper USB power adapters won't do 2A.
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Can fit inside Raspberry Pi cases
Since its shape and size closely mimic that of Pi 3, it can fit on most Raspberry Pi cases available.
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Might have problems with default HDMI resolution when first starting up
It's not unusual for the C2 to have a "Mode not supported" message when first booted up and connected to a monitor through the HDMI port. This can be fixed by logging through SSH and editing the boot.ini on a FAT partition on the SD card to set the correct HDMI resolution and the process is detailed pretty well on the ODROID wiki but it may be out of scope for some users and pretty annoying for the rest.
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Will have mainline kernel support
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Relatively low power requirements
The board by itself needs about 0.5A to run, but it's advised to use a 2A power supply for when peripherals are attached.
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RAM:
2GB DDR3 SDRAM
CPU:
Amlogic ARM Cortex-A53(ARMv8) quad-core 2Ghz
Storage:
eMMC5.0 HS400 Flash Storage slot / UHS-1 SDR50 MicroSD Card slot
GPU:
ARM Mali-450 GPU
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Raspberry Pi 3 Model B
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The largest and most active community
Raspberry Pi has the largest following of any single-board computer. The amount of guides, tutorials and software available for the Raspberry Pi is unmatched by any other competitor. A regular user has close to no chance to run into a problem that hasn’t been covered already. If a web search doesn’t yield any results, the users on the official forums are very responsive and will usually reply within a day.
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Combined USB and NIC controller
The NIC is run through USB so they share bandwidth.
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Affordable
The Raspberry Pi is very affordable.
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Closed-source bootloader and GPU
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Easy setup
Setting up a Raspberry Pi is easy enough even for people who have not installed an OS before. The official documentation is very detailed in explaining how to install the official Raspberry Pi OS, called Raspbian and even a beginner can follow it without a problem.
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Slow WiFi
The WiFi adapter cannot support more than 2.5MB/s under perfect conditions; not enough to stream Blu-ray.
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Large number of operating systems available
There's a massive number of Raspberry Pi OSes available. Most of them are some kind of Linux flavor and general-purpose and some other OSes are available for specific purposes like media streaming or gaming and emulation.
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Limited onboard NIC capabilities
Because the Pi's ethernet port is powered by the USB bus, it is not ideal for high performance routing and switching. While some network monitoring programs may work, using this device as a content firewall or gateway is not ideal.
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Good GPIO functionality
The Raspberry Pi 3 model B offers 28 GPIO pins plus 12 power and ground pins to be used within their projects. This is a very reasonable number of pins for most projects that will need them. The special communication protocols officially supported are the following: IIC (Inter-Integrated Circuit), SPI (Serial Peripheral Interface) and UART (Universal Asynchronous Receiver-Transmitter). The GPIO functionality explained above allows the Raspberry Pi 3 Model B to be connected with various peripheral devices and, as a result expands the functionality of the board. For example, IIC and SPI buses can be used for attaching multiple analog to digital converters which can be used to “read” analog channels like thermal sensors, humidity sensors, CO2 sensors, etc. Meanwhile UART can be used for communication between multiple Raspberry Pi’s.
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Not as powerful as some other SBCs
While still a very powerful single-board computer, it’s not as powerful as some other SBCs. For example, it has some problems with streaming 4K videos; and even at Full HD, it has problems with YouTube. It is also unable to run newer games even if they are not very demanding such as Team Fortress 2 or DotA.
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The default OS is great for learning to develop software
Raspbian's main goal is to be used as a teaching tool for schools in CS classes. As such, it has multiple development tools pre-installed. It comes with a Python installation, Wolfram Mathematica and Java IDEs.
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Pretty slow comparatively at the RPI 4B
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Great legacy gaming support
Raspberry Pi 3 Model B can be also be used as a console emulator using an OS image called RetroPie. Setting up RetroPie the first time will only take about 30 minutes on average for someone who has never done it before, and even less for experienced users. You can emulate various platforms ranging from early ‘80s legacy consoles like the NES, to more recent ones like the Wii and PlayStation Portable.
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No ADC (analog to digital converter)
This means you need to add an ADC module or use a capacitor charge timing hack to read analog sensors.
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Can be turned into a fully-functional multimedia center
You can easily turn any Raspberry Pi into a fully functional home media streaming station with its ability to stream 60Hz Full HD videos. You just have to hook the Model B up to a Full HD monitor (through an HDMI cable), decent speakers (the Bluetooth 4.1 connectivity will allow the use of the wireless ones). Then download applications (Netflix, YouTube, Spotify, and Kodi for example are all supported out of the box) and your home multimedia station is ready. Once built, you can even control the media station using an Android or iOS app.
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GPIO voltage too low for some projects
Compared to the 5v of Arduino boards the 3.3v of the GPIO on the Rasberry Pi 3 is much lower and affects project components needed. Although, some add-ons will work with both voltages.
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Native Bluetooth capabilities
The model 3 B has built-in Bluetooth support. This is very helpful when connecting multiple peripherals and when the number of USB ports on the Pi is not enough.
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No support for UAS
The USB ports do not support USB Attached SCSI to speed up data transfer.
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Hundreds of apps available through the official store
Raspberry Pi also has an available "Pi Store" which houses hundreds and hundreds of apps ready to download and use on a Pi.
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No SATA
Board has no SATA port or something similar.
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Many debian (aptitude) packages available in ARM
Many aptitude packages are available for this device. Helping installs go quickly.
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No on-board Microphone
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Can handle basic day-to-day operations a PC can without a problem
While older versions of the Pi have had some annoying performance issues, the latest version has had a 50%-60% performance increase from the Raspberry Pi 2. This makes it a pretty decent choice for an everyday PC and it can perform basic tasks like opening and editing documents or browsing the web without a problem.
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Power hungry
The Raspberry Pi 3 is a pretty power hungry single board computer. It needs a power supply of 2.5A to function which may not be already available to users and needs to be bought separately.
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Good wired connectivity
This SBC's wired connectivity is pretty complete. Users will get four USB 2.0 ports, HDMI, Ethernet, a 3.5mm audio jack, CSI (camera interface), and DSI (display interface).
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Lags while browsing and on day-to-day tasks
Keeping in mind Raspberry were designed keeping teaching and education in mind, asking it to replace our daily PC needs would be unfair. However there are many other SBCs that can serve this task easily.
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New free Pixel version has a good Chromium browser
The new free Pixel version of Raspbian (a variety of Debian Jessie) has a good Chromium web browser with Flash and Pdf handling included. Can live with little RAM: 1 GB is ok, more is super.
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Problems with USB 3.0 hubs
It is known that Raspberry Pi has an issue with USB 3.0 hubs in conjunction with the use of Full- or Low-speed devices (most mice, most keyboards). If you have any devices with additional USB 3.0 ports (e.g. a keyboard) they won't work on Raspberry Pi.
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Lightweight and fast booting Raspbian Pixel now also runs on PCs and Mac with i386 processors and little RAM
It is now also available for free ( USB booted) on PC or Mac based on i386 processors. Works well and boots fast. The minimum USB key size needed is 2 GB. Pi promotors are working on a HDD bootable version too.
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Doesn't have built-in storage
A micro SD card is required for Raspberry Pi to function.
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Very good documentation
Extensive documentation available for beginners and experts. All sorts of projects covered.
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ARM processor
Some programs are incompatible with the ARM-based hardware.
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Can be used as an everyday PC
Powerful enough to run standard apps, so it can be used as a home PC.
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Storage can be upgraded
Uses a separate micro SD card, so the storage can be upgraded or even taken out to read from / install a new OS.
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Bluetooth 4.1LE
Good for lots of connectivity in projects. connects to keyboards and mice.
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Downloadable magazine
Has it's own magazine, also available in print with very helpful articles and project ideas.
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Can play 1080p videos at 60fps
The Pi 3 can play 1080p videos at 60fps, which is a significant upgrade from the previous Pi 2 which ran at 30 fps. However, the built-in browser has problem with running YouTube videos at 60fps but by using another browser such as Firefox which is installed separately there should not be any problems with running videos at 60 fps.
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Does not require much power to run
Runs off a 5V smartphone charger and can also be powered using a battery pack.
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Can easily switch OSes and profiles by a simple switch of the MicroSD card
It's super-convenient to have multiple MicroSD cards with different images and switch them on demand. Much better than re-installing and re-configuring an OS every time.
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Plenty of third-party accessories available
Cases, cameras, etc.
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Visually appealing
The board looks much prettier than, say, the Banana Pi.
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Has full HDMI-CEC support
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Makes a great home web server
Makes a great little web server. Installed "LAMP" Apache, MySQL, and PHP.
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RAM:
1 GB
CPU:
Broadcom BCM2837 (4x up to 1.2 GHz)
Storage:
microSD
GPU:
Broadcom video core 4
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Raspberry Pi 4 Model B
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The most popular
People use this for everything .
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Gets hot
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Cheap
Only $35.
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Bad at n64 emulation
It's laggy .
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Size:
85 x 56 mm
RAM:
1, 2 or 8 GB LPDDR4
CPU:
Broadcom BCM2711 ( 4 x up to 1,5 GHz)
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microSD card
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Banana Pi M3
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Official support for multiple Desktop-version Linux distros
Banana Pi officially supports Fedora, Arch, Lubuntu and openSUSE. It also can be used with Raspbian (Debian derivative) or Android.
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No off-the-shelf camera modules
The A20 chip that the Banana Pi uses lacks a true Camera Serial Interface implementation, instead it uses a parallel camera interface. The problem with this is that there are no off-the-shelf camera modules that support this and can connect to the Banana Pi, but it should be mentioned that the makers of Banana Pi have promised to create a camera module that is supported by it.
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Excellent compatibility with Raspberry Pi software
Other than having a port of Raspbian (the official OS for Raspberry Pi) available for use with full capabilities, Banana Pi can also use many applications that were originally written for Raspberry. One of these is WiringPi, a C/C++ library which gives easy access to Raspberry's I/O with a strong Arduino flavor. But that is just one example of the many open source projects being ported to Banana Pi.
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Expensive
It costs $129.99.
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Plex
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Supported on many devices
It's pretty hard to find a NAS or STB that doesn't support Plex.
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Needs registration
You need a PLEX account even if you use it on your local LAN.
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Accessible via web browser
A modern web browser is enough to get everything Plex has to offer.
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Proprietary software
Unfree software.
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Added lots of media databases
Metadata for media files will automatically be updated by using media databases. This provides posters, movie trailers, descriptions, information about actors, etc.
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No gapless audio-playback
Plex still does not support gapless playback of audio files such as mp3 or FLAC.
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Playback error: This server is not powerful enough to convert video
More hardware requirements on Plex due to a useless/non-intuitive transcoder. When using lower spec hardware (eg SBC) Plex will not transcode or play HD+ videos. When compared to other packages (eg Jellyfin which transcodes nicely using FFMeg), Plex falls short on video playback and transcode settings to get videos to play (fastest/lightest option still fails).
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Platforms:
Windows, Linux, Mac, Android
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